Rule pocket



March 17, 1925.

C'. R. WOOD nur@ rockin' Filed March 29, A19.24 2 sheets-shut l C. R. WOOD March l 7,- 1925.

- RULE POCKET Filed March 29, 1924 2 sheets-smet 2 Patented Mar. 17, 1925.

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CHARLES R. l'WOC'Q 0F EDMONTON, LBERTA, CANADA.

RULE POCKET.

Appliation ined March .29, 1924.

tionpreference being liadfto the acc0inpany' ing drawings.

hisinvention relates to improvements in rule pockets 'and vhas yfor an important ohject thereof the provision of such a `pocket including 'the desirable features of the pocket described in my Patent gil-1,407,827, granted February 28, 1922, for rulefpockets, and in my co-pending application, Serial No. 685,220, fileddanuary 9, .-1924, for pocket constructions, to include in this I-pocket an inclined poclretopening With'its accompanying jadvantagesand Withou'tloss ofthe locking features ofthefpoekets disclosedin said patent vand application.

A further .object of `this invention is t0 provide a modification and improvement of the type yof poeletilliistrated in `my application, Serial No. 438,236,1(iledDecember 4,

for `safetypockets, 'and consists essentially in la -modiicationof rthis pocket to enable construction of the rpocket with an inv@lined pocket iopening. It is `Well-known to those lfamiliar with the art `that such inclined openings :render 4access to theV pocket much more readily than the fordinary vertical type of `pocketopl-ming and in addition presenta much neater'and pleasing vappearance when the pocket is la patch pocket such as is employed upon overalls. Ordinarily such 'inclined openings cannot be employed for'th'e reason thatVthey-provide atop opening in the v'pocket through -'which rules, pliers or similarteols contained YWithin the pocket would be obstructed during "bending Inoveme'nts of the i'veare'r of the garment thus rendering 'these `tools ylikely ltobe lost from the pocket.

A further .object ofthe 'invention to provide a pocket of this .character which may be very cheaply and'expeditious'ly employed and 'in Which-the vconstruction of the pocket is such 'that it lends itself readily to manufacture of the lpocket 1from kscraps of material otherwise Wasted. n y

These and other objects I attain by the construction shown. in the accompanying drawings, `vvherein 4'tor vthe purpose of illus- @nel No. 702,555.

tr-ation'is shown a preferred embodiment of my invention and wherein zf Figure l is a front elevationoffa pocket constructed in accordance rWith my invention, the pocket-being shown as having'the outer Wall thereofrformed of two pieces of material;

Figures 2 and are 'modifications 'ofthe construetionof the pocket Whereinthe outer Wall ef the pocket is formed-"of als/ingley piece ofmaterial;` n Y yFigures 4 and 5 are sections-'on the line 4 4land5-5 ,off Figure'l;

Figures and 7 are'sectionsonthe vline 6-'G and 7-7"of Figure-2; i

' `lli'gures 3 'and' 9 are sections on f'the line Figure lOis a 'sectienonthe'linelO-lO `of Figure l, which section ischaraeteristio 'of the three pockets shown in Figures l'to 3;

Figure ll is -a section on the 'line 'l1-'1l of Figure 2;

Figure l2 is a section on .the linel2-12 of Figure l, `which section VIis also 'charac-- teristic of va similar section through Fig ure 3;

Figures 113 and 14 are sections similar to those shown in Figures 4 and 5,'the "reinforcing 'piece at the bottom of the vpocket being omitted. A

Referring now more particularly 1to 'the drawings inFigures '1, 2 and 3 of which l have illustrated characteristic front e'levations Vof pockets constructed in 'accordance with my invention, the numeral '10 indicates kthe linner Wall of the pocket, 11 theoute'r Apiece 'of' materiahias shown in 'Figures 2 `an'd 3, `or of twopieces of material, as shofvvn'in Figure l, is ofthe shape of the 'completed pocket WithV one lupper corner -theref re- `moved by' a diagonal cut forming upwardly and Vforwardly'inclining edge 13. While I 'have' s'tated't'hat the edges are upwardly and "lib 'its

vthat this description depends upon the apupper edge 16 of the outer wall and having a portion of the. forward end thereof extended between the inner and outerwalls and included in the stitching lil connecting` the upper edge of the outer wall to the inner wall. The rear edge 17 of the lock 12 aligns with they rear edge 18 of the pocket below the diagonal portion 13 thereof and has its lower end extended between the inner and outer .walls 10 and 11 and'included in the stitchring 14; securing the portion 18 of the rear edge of the outer wall to the inner. wall.

lThus the front edge v19 and lower edge 2O of the loclr piece are disposed Awithin the pocket Awhile a portion of the lock lies exteriorly f of the pocket and combines with the outer wall 11 to give to the pocket its completed shape. v, '.[nnnediately below the lower end of the pocket opening the lock piece is secured. to the outer wall by a longer horizontal line extending across the lock and generally `indicated at 21. This securing means may Atake various forms as will hereinafter appear, the form indicated in Figure 1 being a simpleline of stitching 22 connecting these walls together. By this construction the outer wall combines with the inner wall to provide a pocket having an opening 'O facing in one direction while. the lock piece 12 and that portion of the outer wall lying beneath the lock piece within the pocket coinbine with the linner wall'to'provide a pocket having an opening O of greaterv vertical length than thejpoclret opening O and open ing in the opposite direction from the pocket opening O.

With this type of pocket where tools and heavy implements such as rules, pliers and the like are to be inserted in the pocket it is, of course, desirous that the pocket be re inforced at its lower end at the point where the pliers or rule rest. Where this reinforcing is applied interiorly, as indicated at 23 in Figures 4 and 5, and is secured to the outer wall of the pocket by stitching 211. I

, preferably terminate .this reinforcement at the height at which the transverse connection 21 between the outer wall and the lock occurs and employ this stitching 24 to provide such connection. I have hereinbefore stated. that the outer wall 11 of the pocket can be formed ofA one or more pieces lof material. Where twov pie'cesof material are employed the Vconnecting line` betwen these pieces is nection 21 and the stitching employed to connect the pieces, indicated'at 25, used to` yprovide this connection. It will, of course,

he. obvious that, as indicated by the sectional View in-Figures t and 8, this saine stitching 25 in addition to securing the lock to the outer wall may be employed to secure the upper edge of a reinforcing strip 23 within the pocket at the lower end thereof. It will be noted that with the' constructions hereiiibefore set forth it is unnecessary that the lock be continued to the end of the pocket and that the effect of a lock so continued is provided. It will furthermore be notedvthat a pocket which'is relatively wide at `its up here-inbefore set forth except as hereinafterf claimed.

I claim 1. The combination with a vertically elongated pocket comprising inner and outerl walls, the outer wall being secured about its edges to the rinner wall with theexception Many modifications ofv the` of'the upper portion of one vertical edge Awhich is unattached to thereby provide a `pocket opening, of a vertically elongated piece of material. of greater length thanthe pocket opening having its upper edge aligned with thel upper edge of the. outer wall and having some portion of its upper edge inserted between the inner and outer walls at the upper end of the pocket openF ing and included in the connection of the upper edge of said outer wall tothe inner walh the lower end of the vertical edge of said piece of material corresponding to that edge of the outer wall having lthe unattaclied portion forming the pocket opening being inserted between the inner and outer walls at the lower end of the pocket opening and included in the lconnection of the lower end kof said edge of the outerwall to the inner wall, the edge' of said piece between 'the ends of the pocket opening being connected to the vinner wall7 and a horizontal connection between the outerwall and the piece extending across the ypiece at the lower end of the pocket opening, that portion lof the edge of the piece 4of, material attached to said inner wall lying eXteriorly of the outer wall whereby the vupper end of the coinlllfl pleted pocket is wider than the upper end l of the outer wall and whereby oppositely facing inain and auxiliary pockets are provided, the 4auxiliary pocket opening -into the main pocket and having its Vopening` spaced transversely themain pocket from the lower, end of the opening ofthe main A pocket ai 'distance'equa-l I'tolthe width :of vthe piece at the Ilower end of the pocket opening. l

2. The combination -with a'vertically elongated pocket 'comprising inner `and outer walls` the outer wall'bein'g `secured about its ledges to the inner wall withthc 'ene-'ep tion oit the upper portion-'of one vertical edge which is unattjached 'to `therebyv provide a `pocket opening, of :a verticali),7 elonf'gated .piece et material of greater' length than Ithe 'pocket opening having some portion of its'upper edge inserted between the inner and outer walls fat'the upper end of the pocket opening land -included in the connection oit' the upper edge of said 'outer wail to the inner-wall, the'l'ower end 'of the vertical edge 'of said piece of material corresponding to that edge o-tlthe vouter wall having the unattached-portion forming the pocket opening'being insertedibetween the inner and outerfwalls at'the lower end ot the'pocliet opening and included in the connection ottthe lower end of said edge of the outer wall to the inner walllthe edge ot said piece. betweenthe ends of the pocket opening being connected tothe inner wall, and a horizontal'connection between the outer wall and the piece extending across the piece at thelower end oftthe'poclet opening, said outer wall being formed in two sections connecting von .a line :extending transverselgY ot the pocket at the lower end oi" the pocket openin'glithe connection between the sections including and extending entirely across said piece otxnraterial comprising said horizontal connection.

3. The combination with a vertically elongated Apocket comprising inner and outer walls, the outer wall being secured about its edges. to the inner wall with the exception ot the upper portion or" one vertical edge which is unattached to thereby provide a pocket opening. said unattached portion inelining upwardly7 toward the other verti-l cal edge ot the pocket, of a vertically elon- `gated piece of material of greater length than the pocket opening having the forward portion of its upper edge inserted between the inner and outer walls at the upper end ot' the pocket opening and included in the connection of the upper edge of said outer wall to the inner wall, the remainder of the upper edge of said piece of material being secured to the inner wall, the lower end ot the vertical edge ot said piece ot' material corresponding to that edge ot the outer wall having the unattached portion 'Forn'iing the pocket opening being inserted between the inner and outer walls at the lower end ot the pocket opening and included in the connection of the lower end ot the edge of the outer wall to the innerl attac'he'd e'dge' portion of the louter 'Wall'ri being secured to .the'in'ner waflrl throughout rts 'length7 a connection between the'fouter wall and the piece ot' materia-l at the lowerend' oit the pocletopening extending across the piece *fio of material, fand a reinforcing piece-'located in `theloaver endet the poeketand han w a a 'its side 'and bottom edges included inthe elongated p-ocet comprising inner and -out- "8'0 er walls?` the outer wall :being securedfabouzt --its edgesrtothe inner wall with theexception ot'the upper portion of one rei-.tical edge which is vun attached to thereby proui'cle a poel-zet opening, said unatta'ch'ed porti-on 1235 inclining upwardly toward thegother `vertical vedge of the pocket, vof a vertically elongated piece ot material of greater le h than thepoclet openingilraving'thel fo1.\-,ard yportion or" its upper vedgeinserte/rl i between the inner and 'outer rwalls at 'the upper-'end oi Ithe pocket'opening and .included in the connection of'theupper-edge oi: said Vouter wall to 'the inner "wall, 'the remainder et the uppere'dgeof saidpieec T05 oli' material being secured tothe inner wall;

the lower end ci' lthe vertical edgeuot said piece ci material corresponding to that ledge oi, the outer wall having the Iunattached portion forming the pocket openingbeing in `100 serted lizetween the inner `and outer aval-ls at the lower end of the pocket opening and included in the connection of the lower-end of the .edge ofthe outer *all tofthe linner WalL-Said vertical edge of. said piece of material inclining oppositely from the unattached edge portion ofthe outer wall and being secured to the inner wall throughout its length, a connection between the outer wall and the piece of material at the lower end of the pocket openingextending across the piece ot material, `and a reinforcing piece located in the lower end of the pocket and having its side and bottom edges in eluded in the stitching connecting the sides and bottom oit the outer wall to the inner wall, the upper edge ot said reinforcing piece extending between the inner wall and the piece or" fabric and being included in the horizontal connection between the fabric piece and the outer wall.

5. The eon'ibination with a vertically,7 elongated pocket comprising inner and outer walls, the outer wall being secured about its edges to the inner wall with the exception of the upper portion of one vertical edge which is unattached to thereby7 provide a'pocketopening, of a vertically elongated piece of material of greater length than the pocket opening having some por.-

tion of its upperr edge inserted between the inner and outer walls at the upper end of the pocket opening and included in the connection of the upper edge of said outer wallto the inner wall, the lower end of the vertical' edge of said piece of material corresponding to that edge of the outer wall having the unattached portion forming the pocket openingbeing inserted between the inner and outer walls at the lower end of the pocket opening and included in the connection of the .lower end of said edge of the outer wall to the inner wall, the edge of said piece between the ends of the pocket opening being connected to the inner wall, a horizontal connection between the outer wall and the ypiece extending across the piece at the lower end of the pocket Vopening, said outer wall being formed in two sections connecting on a line extending transversely of the pocket at the lowerend of the pocket opening, the connection between the sections including and extendingentirely across said piece of material and comprising said horizontal connection7 and a reinforcing piece located in the lower end of the pocket and having its side and bottom edges included in the stitching connecting the sides and bottom of the lower section of the outer wall to the inner wall, 'the *upperr edge of said reinforcing piece llikewise being included in the connection between the sections of the outer wall.

6. The combination with a .vertically elongated pocket comprising inner and outer walls, the outer wall being secured about its edges to the inner wall with the exception of the upper portion of one vertical edge which is unattached to thereby proy vide a pocketopening, of a vertically elongated piece of material of greater length than the pocket opening having some portion of its upper edge insertedbetween the inner and outer walls at the upper end of v 'the pocket opening and included in the connection of the upper edge of said outer wall 'to the inner wall, the lower end of the vertical edge of said piece ot' material corresponding to that edge of the outer wall` having the unattached portion forming the pockety opening being inserted between the inner and outer walls at the lower-end of the pocket opening and included in the con-v nection of the lower end'o'f said edge of lthe outer wall to the inner vwall, the edge of said piece between the ends ofthe pocket opening being vconnected to the inner wall, a

vingV its side and bottomv edges included in the stitching connecting thesides andbot tom of the lower section of the outer wall to thev inner wall, extending between the inner wall and theI piece of vrJ''abric and being likewise included in" they connection between the sections of theouter wall.

In testimony whereof I hereuntov ailix my signature. i p v CHARLES R. WOOD. 

